QA Lead- AGIS AMI Program - 62564432 - AG

Job Description:This is a multi-year, multi-jurisdictional initiative to improve service reliability and other benefits for company customers. The lead will be responsible for development and execution of test plans spanning at least four AMI releases, which includes meeting test phase entrance and exit tollgate criteria, keeping testing on schedule and ensuring rigorous QA standards are followed. Position involves strong collaboration with multiple groups including other program areas in AGIS, vendors, IT, and business operations to name just a few. Essential Responsibilities: • QA Program Development and Oversight - Owns and directs the QA program for the AMI Program. Develops, documents and executes individual test plans for each release aligned with the AGIS master test strategy. Incorporates industry and enterprise wide standards, ensuring best practices are applied. Ensures teams use the appropriate level of QA standards given program/project risk and delivery methodology employed (agile, iterative, waterfall, etc.). Coaches project teams on opportunities for improvement. Institutes peer reviews and other quality review practices. 35% • Project Management – Responsible to develop, and oversee execution, of project plans that keep AMI Test Phases on schedule and account for dependencies with other AGIS programs. Accountable for meeting entrance and exit criteria for each test phase. Defines roles and responsibilities (RASCI charts etc.) to drive clarity of accountabilities. Takes the lead to proactively identify and act on issues that could cause delays. Escalates significant risks through standard project governance channels. Updates Risk/Issue Logs as necessary. Ensures accountability for corrective action planning as an input to overall project health management. 35% • Key Meetings/Reporting – Schedules and leads test phase tollgate meetings with leadership for AMI. Leads the development and execution of metrics and reports provided to leadership, measuring the status of AMI testing. Ensures alignment of such with AGIS initiative metrics and reports. Provides verbal updates to leadership, managers, and the entire team when requested or as appropriate. 15% • Relationship Management - Partners with other AGIS team, the enterprise IT organization, and other departments (Finance/Accounting, Supply Chain, Internal Audit, Regulatory) as needed to ensure that quality expectations are aligned and appropriately addressed. 15%

Requirements:• Bachelor’s degree in IT/Business Administration or equivalent experience. • 5+ years in IT project delivery environments, with a minimum of 3 years in QA lead roles on projects greater than $5M. Expert knowledge of technology QA methods and tools. • Exceptional project management skills with experience as a QA lead on large, cross-functional, complex programs. • Must learn quickly, be a strong, proactive problem solver and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

For more information about this position, please contact the Entegee New Hope, MN office at 763-577-9000 or softwareteam@entegee.com.

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